Age (years) |
29.23 ± 8.07 |
0.05 |
0.69 |
0.14 |
27.93 ± 5.73 |
0.81 |
0.37 |
0.44 |
|
Gender |
|
0.82 |
0.20 |
0.92 |
|
0.24 |
0.90 |
0.89 |
Male |
8 (13%) |
|
|
|
7 (17.5%) |
|
|
|
Female |
54 (87%) |
|
|
|
33 (82.5%) |
|
|
|
|
Angle's classification |
|
0.18 |
0.50 |
0.38 |
|
0.87 |
0.39 |
0.28 |
Class I |
11 (17.7%) |
|
|
|
13 (32.5%) |
|
|
|
Class II |
39 (63%) |
|
|
|
18 (45%) |
|
|
|
Class III |
12 (19.3%) |
|
|
|
9 (22.5%) |
|
|
|
|
Skeletal classification |
|
0.17 |
0.12 |
0.29 |
|
0.93 |
0.09 |
0.07 |
Class I |
27 (43.5%) |
|
|
|
21 (52.5%) |
|
|
|
Class II |
29 (46.8%) |
|
|
|
11 (27.5%) |
|
|
|
Class III |
8 (9.7%) |
|
|
|
8 (20%) |
|
|
|
|
Crowding |
|
0.61 |
0.56 |
0.37 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
None |
15 (24.2%) |
|
|
|
34 (85%) |
|
|
|
I° |
29 (44.6%) |
|
|
|
0 (0) |
|
|
|
II° |
9 (14.5%) |
|
|
|
0 (0) |
|
|
|
III° |
4 (6.5%) |
|
|
|
0 (0) |
|
|
|
Space |
8 (10.2%) |
|
|
|
6 (15%) |
|
|
|
|
ICON scores |
39.27 ± 21.60 |
0.22 |
0.10 |
0.47 |
20.8 ± 13.96 |
0.58 |
0.92 |
<0.01 |
|
Treatment design |
Number of aligners sets |
47.98 ± 11.77 |
0.82 |
0.50 |
0.35 |
29.7 ± 11.94 |
0.86 |
<0.01 |
0.20 |
Number of extraction teeth |
1.92 ± 1.72 |
0.49 |
0.58 |
0.20 |
0 (0) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Amount of interproximal reduction (mm) |
1.56 ± 1.05 |
0.46 |
0.59 |
0.56 |
1.84 ± 1.71 |
0.66 |
0.67 |
0.75 |
|
Attachment design |
Number of teeth with attachment |
16.95 ± 1.99 |
0.15 |
0.17 |
0.89 |
15.85 ± 3.69 |
0.09 |
0.36 |
0.35 |
Number of teeth with optimised attachments |
7.9 ± 4.98 |
0.92 |
0.96 |
0.03 |
6.73 ± 4.01 |
0.93 |
0.47 |
0.15 |
Ratio of teeth with optimised attachments to all teeth with attachments |
0.46 ± 0.29 |
0.14 |
0.12 |
0.89 |
0.42 ± 0.25 |
0.68 |
0.67 |
0.16 |
Number of upper incisors with attachments |
1.48 ± 1.11 |
0.96 |
0.19 |
0.15 |
1.75 ± 1.17 |
0.98 |
0.54 |
0.51 |
|
Elastics design (the need for elastics) |
|
0.34 |
0.26 |
0.24 |
|
0.81 |
0.43 |
0.03 |
With elastics |
46 (74.2%) |
|
|
|
24 (60%) |
|
|
|
Without elastics |
16 (25.8%) |
|
|
|
16 (40%) |
|
|
|
|
Number of buttons |
1.06 ± 1.21 |
0.17 |
0.41 |
0.25 |
1.1 ± 1.41 |
0.30 |
0.95 |
0.06 |